Bag and twine holder



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. STEINBBRGER.

BAG AND TWINE HOLDER.

Patented Jan. 23, 1883.,

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BAG AND TWINE HOLDER.

No. 271,147. Pal-tented Jan.23,1883.

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awr' BY M Q ATTolifiEa r4, PETERS. PhobLilhographer. Wnnhmflom u c UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

LOUIS STEINBERGER, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG AND TWINE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,147, dated January 23, 1883.

Application filed August 31,1882. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS STEINBERGER, of Bradford, in the county'of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Bag and Twine Holder, of which the followingis a ful1,clear, and exact description. My invention consists of a paper-bag and twine holder for grocers and others using paper bags for putting up goods, the essential 1o feature of which consists of a stand or other support of suitable form and arrangement,

with wire pins, rods, or hoops fixed thereon in convenient arrangement for being wholly or partly detached for stringing the bags on them, and replaced in retaining hooks, notches, or other devices for being held-to support the bags, to be readily detached when wanted for use, together with twine-ball cups for holding the twine for tying the bags, all as hereinafter fully described.

" Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stand in which myinvention is represented in oneform. Fig.2 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

is a side elevation of one of the arms of thestand for supporting the wire hoops on which 0 the bags are strung. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of a stand in which the pins and the arms for supporting them are modified to some extent in form and arrangement. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the top portion of a stand inwhich two upright supports are used, with corresponding modifications of the wires and pins or rods. Fig.6 is a side elevation of one of the arms and pins of the stand represented in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the arms of Fig. 5. Fig.8 is

a perspective view of a portion of another of the arms of Fig. 5, together with a portion of one of the pins. Figs. 9,10, and 11 represent other modifications of the device in perspec- 4 5 tive view, these forms being designed for attachment to the side of the wall, post, or other vertical support; and Fig. 12 is adetail of Fig. 10 in plan View.

I employ one or more upright supports, a,

of wood or other approved material, either fixing them on a base, I), or attaching them to the side of a wall or post by brackets c, to which supports I attach arms d, for the support of wire pins, hoops, or rods 6, on which to string the paper bagsfias shown in Fig.1, for the convenience of the grocer or other dealer in taking the bags one by one for use, the object being to so arrange the bags that one can be more readily selected from the rest than when they are piled one upon another, and'can be detached without disturbing or scattering the others, and at the same timeto hold them so securely that they will not be scattered by the windor other means. The pins are to be fixed so that the points can be readily freed from their supports at any time when it may be required to replenish the stock, and at the same time be so placed, when returned to their resting-places, that the stripping of the bags from them willnot dislodge either the points or-the heads. For this purpose the pins may be connected to the arms in various ways,and the connecting devices may also be varied to suit the forms and arrangements of the pins and their supporting-arms. For instance, in Figs. 1 and 2, where the wire forms a circle or hoop around the standard a, two of the arms may have book ends g, in which the bent or notched head hot one pin and the point t of another may be lodged, as shown, the other arms having a notch,j, in which the pins rest at the middle, said pins being bent so as to extend half-way around the stand and spring into the hooks and notches, so as to be readily put in or taken out, the tension of the Wire keeping them in place when lodged therein. In Fig. 4 the pin-heads 71. are bent at right augles and pivoted to the notches j of the arms, so that the points will spring into the notches of the adjacent arms.

In Figs. 5 and 8 the heads h of the rods 6 have a collar, k, and the points rest in the notches of the arms by their weight, the said head and collar preventing the rods from shifting lengthwise, and the notches being crooked, as shown at 7' Fig. 7, to obstruct the escape of the rods in case of being thrust upward.

A guard, Z, is represented in Fig. 5, that may be employed for the protection of the points of the rods, and to prevent persons from being scratched or their clothes being torn thereby.

When the arrangement of wire hoops repre- ICC sented in Fig.1 is to be used on a support that is to be attached to the wall, as in Figs.10 and 11, this being the arrangement of cross-arms in Fig. 4, used with the support of Figs. 10 and 11, one arm is attached at one end with the support a. When the arrangement of Fig. 5 is to be used with the wall-supports of Fig. 9 the arms and pins of one side will be 'dispensed with.

m represents the twine-cups, which are to be mounted on the top of the supports 0., and, when desired, arms a will be employed with guide-eyes to lead the twine in any direction in which it may be desired for the convenience of the dealer, and for preventing it from being entangled with the pins, bags, or arms.

Two or more sets of holding-pins may be located, one above another, on the supports 0b, as desired, the different sets being in different sizes for bags of different sizes.

Having thus described my in'vention,-wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a paper-bag holder, of a standard or other upright support, a, two or more arms, 01, and one or more hoops, pins, or rods, e, said hoops, pins, or rods being partly or wholly detachable for the application of the bags, and being secured to prevent detachment bystripping the bags from them, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a paper-bag holder, of a standard or other upright support, a, two or more arms, d, one or more pins, hoops, or rods, 0, and twine-cups m, said pins, hoops, or rods being partly or wholly detachable for the application of the bags, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a paper-bag holder of a standard or other upright support, a, two or more arms, 01, one or more pins, hoops, or rods, 0, twine-cups m, and one or more leading-arms, n, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a paper-bag holder, of an upright support, on, arms d, and one or more pins, hoops, or rods, 6, said arms having a hook-notch, g, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a paper-bag holder, of an upright support, a, radial arms at, and pins, hoops, or rods 6, said arms having hooknotches g and plain notches substantially as described.

LOUIS STEINBERGER.

- Witnesses:

F. STEINBERGER, WM. STEINBERGER. 

